Jackie Roosevelt Robinson: Bridging Blacks and Whites

The Great One“ He struck a mighty blow for equality, freedom and the American way of life. Jackie Robinson was a good citizen, a great man, and the true American champion.” Ronald Reagon. I don’t know if anyone could have summarized his life better. Jackie was a great influence to the American public. To over came diversity and succeed is a great accomplishment. Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia, January 31 1919. He went to college at the University of UCLA. Where he was a star in four sports basketball, baseball, football, and track. He is the only bruin to letter in four sports. After college he went to pursue a career in the Army. He soon became a lieutenant. He was put on honorable discharge for seating in a white person seat in the Army bus. In 1947, he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers to become the first African-American to play modern day baseball. He won rookie of the year, and was only the begging for the awards he would receive. He later receive MVP, and elected into the Hall Of Fame. He brought many kinds of fans to the game if baseball. His style of playing brought excitement back to the game. As much of the world like to watch him there were some who hated him. He received much hate mail from all kinds of people. He received letters threaten to kill him if he was to step on their hometown field with the other white players. A fellow baseball player from the opposing team slid into him putting a big gash in his knee that would take him out of the game. He was not the first black player in the major league baseball; neither was he the first black star athlete. Words cannot describe what he brought to the game of baseball and the rest of America. His success in baseball proved that blacks and white can coexist, and corporate well together. His importance to the public was more then just playing baseball. Robinson’s importance continues after his baseball career. After he retired in 1956, he became...

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After graduating PJC he transferred to University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) where Jackie met his future wife Rachel Isum and once again shined as an athlete.
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In 1947, JackieRooseveltRobinson, had broken baseball’s color barrier by becoming the first African-American to play in the major leagues in the 20th century. At a time when segregation still existed in much of the United States, Jackie endured insults, and death threats to become one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Through his boldness and nobility, he helped pave the way for the civil rights movement and brought the American Dream within reach of millions of black Americans. JackieRobinson, remembered in history as a civil rights activist and the first African-American man in the United States to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball, showed his character and black and whites equality.
Jack RooseveltRobinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia to a family of sharecroppers. The youngest of five children, Robinson was raised in poverty by a single mother. His father, Jerry Robinson, left the family six months after Jackie was born with another woman. After his father left, his mother, Mallie Robinson decided to move the family out to California. Jackie was only six months old at the time. Before they arrived in California, his mother had made...

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